One hour has passed since the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Yasuma Hane in the ninth dan. At around 11 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Zhidong opened his mouth wide again, and once again had an incredible expression:

"What is Xiaoqiang thinking? In my opinion, isn't the next move "just one move"? What's there to think about in this place? Hey, he went down fast when he should be slow, and he stopped when he should be fast......"

Zhang Zhidong shook his head there, looking "puzzled, I don't understand". Yu Bin on the side made a contempt:

"If you can fully understand what Xiao Qiang is thinking, then he is still a Go genius."

Reporter Zhang is very familiar with the young chess players of the national team, and he is a few years older than Yu Bin. Everyone is used to joking, and after listening to Yu Bin's words, they immediately counterattacked:

"Hehe, I said Captain, I'm an amateur chess player, I don't know what he's thinking. Then you, a professional chess player, help me analyze and analyze, what do you say Xiaoqiang is thinking now? ”

Yu Bin's expression became more and more exaggerated, and he pretended to look Zhang Zhidong up and down:

"Hey, I'm talking about reporter Zhang Da, and people outside say that among all the Go reporters in China, you are the most familiar with the national Go team. It's not until today that I realized that it wasn't like that at all. Don't you know that after Xiaoqiang won against Mr. Awaji, there was a new mantra circulating in the Go team? ”

Zhang Zhidong was very interested, and hurriedly grabbed Yu Bin and asked:

"Oh? What is it? ”

"When Xiao Qiang takes the long exam, never guess where his next move will fall."

Yu Bin put on a natural look:

"Do you think I'm going to be as stupid as you are? I'm still going to guess Xiaoqiang's next hand, and I'm not full of food......"

"Ha Lu Ha Ha".

After the joke was over, Yu Bin still couldn't help but say to himself:

"Yes, isn't the next "single jump" the only one? Could it be that he is thinking about the next step, or that Xiaoqiang has other ideas......

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang is still taking the long test. Now that the long exam has lasted more than half an hour, he still hasn't failed. In this day and age. Most of the time for limitations is relatively lenient. Everyone is also accustomed to the long test of chess players. As for what chess players are doing in the long test, not many people really have a clear explanation. The most famous is a long test of Masaki Takemiya. In a decisive battle of the "Battle of Honinbo", Takemiya met Otake Heroes, a two-day game that took 8 hours for each side. Wu Gong had a move and took the test for more than 5 hours.

If it's a complicated situation, it's normal, and it's normal to think about it more. But that game of chess is just a very ordinary "big avalanche" formula. Wu Gong was also in that long test. Of course, there are many forks in the road even if it is a stereotype. Everyone speculated that Wu Gong might have thought of some new tricks, and it was estimated that he was checking the calculations there. However, when Wu Gong made a move, everyone was disappointed. Takemiya's response. It's an ordinary road cargo......

The most difficult game of chess was won by Takemiya. After the game, of course, there will be good people who will ask what Takemiya is thinking. Wu Gong pretended to smile and did not speak, acting unfathomable, and no one could figure out what he was thinking at that time.

Now Li Xiaoqiang seems to be facing such a situation, in the eyes of many people, his next move seems to be "only this hand", and he seems to be able to only "jump in a single pass". What's more, in Go, there is a saying that "there is no evil hand in every pass......

Is this really the case? What is Li Xiaoqiang thinking?

In this game of chess. There is a layout routine of "high Chinese stream". The so-called "routine", in fact, is the same as the "formula", which is very common in the game, whether it is black or white. Many people have played the method on both sides, and many people have studied it. When a certain move is considered "acceptable to both parties", it becomes a "routine".

The "single jump" that everyone calls is the last move of this "routine". In this era, it was considered "the only one". But Li Xiaoqiang suddenly felt. This move doesn't seem to be the only one. Although it is said that "there is no evil hand in every pass", Li Xiaoqiang believes that this move is definitely not a good move. So he has to take a long exam, and he has to find another path. It's as simple as that.

It is normal for Li Xiaoqiang to take the long exam. Because in later generations, the "high Chinese stream" appeared less. Naturally, Li Xiaoqiang is not very familiar with many of these routines. The "unfamiliar" here means that he is not familiar with the connotation, not that he "does not know the Tao".

In fact, Li Xiaoqiang still knows this routine. If it was 1 year ago, he might have completed this routine without thinking, but now, he can think about it, this is Li Xiaoqiang's progress in the past year! Whether it's right or wrong, what Li Xiaoqiang is thinking about now is what belongs to him. Li Xiaoqiang is sure that if you want to truly become a Go master, you must have something of your own!

After the long exam, Li Xiaoqiang made a move. After a simple exchange of chess hands outside, Li Xiaoqiang made a "cross".

When this move was passed to the viewing room, Zhang Zhidong opened his mouth wide again. Unlike the previous two times, this time he not only opened his mouth wide, but his eyes were also wide:

"This, this, is it appropriate for Xiaoqiang to fight in this place? I don't think it's a bit unreasonable to fight like this. In this place, even an amateur chess player like me would not play like this. Leader, do you say that Xiaoqiang's choice is too amateurish. How good is it for him to play that "single jump", and how calm is that move......"

Yu Bin didn't speak right away, he studied it on the chessboard for a while. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, and he muttered:

"I said a long time ago that you should never guess his next move. Actually, I'd like to say that he's an amateur. But after I studied it carefully, I had a vague idea of what he was thinking...... Hey, is this move amateur? I can't tell, but there are a lot of big players watching the game in the Japanese chess academy today, so let's go and ask them what they think. ”

In the Japanese research room, there are also many chess players who are enthusiastically discussing Li Xiaoqiang's chess. The main players who dismantle the chess on the chessboard are young players such as Kiki Ita and Satoshi Yuuki. Sakata Eio and Fujisawa Hideyuki sat in their seats like two great gods, without speaking, and their eyes seemed to be closed. I don't know what they're thinking. In the research room, Mr. Lin Haifeng was also inside, he also did not speak, quietly watching a group of young Japanese chess players carry out enthusiastic research there.

As long as there is Li Xiaoqiang's game, Fujisawa Hideyuki, a staunch "Xiaoqiang fan", will definitely be there. Mr. Sakata muttered "worth the trip" a few times. There is also a trend towards "small and strong fans". It is normal for Mr. Lin Haifeng to appear here, as long as he has nothing to do, there are Chinese chess players to play in Japan. Mr. Lin usually shows up. In the minds of young Japanese chess players, no one dares to despise Li Xiaoqiang anymore. Vaguely, they already see Li Xiaoqiang as a strong opponent. Young Japanese chess players are actually very hard-working. There is such an opportunity for collective research, and they certainly do not miss it.

The three seniors seemed to have deliberately let the young chess players do their own research, and none of them spoke. They are quietly waiting for the conclusions of the young chess players. When Yu Bin and Zhang Zhidong arrived, Yu Bin also joined the research.

After a long time, the conclusion of the young chess player came out, and Ida Kiki asked the seniors on behalf of the young chess player:

"Sir. Is it worth it for him to do so? ”

Yes, the conclusion of their study is simple, it is to ask "is it worth it". This is, after all, the layout stage, and there is nothing good or bad about the various options. Li Xiaoqiang's step of "stepping" only led the situation to another pattern. As long as it is not an omission, it cannot be said that the move is a bad move. But is this move a good move? Especially compared with the calm step of "no evil hand".

Is it worth it?

Fujisawa Hideyuki opened his mouth quietly, and he sighed chess:

"Hey, Yitian-kun. If you are still debating whether it is worth it or not, you will be far behind by this child. Do you really understand his thoughts and intentions? In this mundane situation. To be able to play such an enterprising move, you actually ask if it is worth it. ”

Mr. Sakata also spoke:

"There will be uncharted territory in the future, but it should be a good move compared to that "single jump". Yitian-kun. You have to understand it. Although the move of this move seems to be amateurish, its connotation is not amateurish at all. ”

I saw a group of young people looking at each other. Mr. Lin Haifeng, a kind-hearted person, couldn't help but remind them:

"This move looks very unreasonable, it looks amateurish. But its essence is the pursuit of efficiency. Highest efficiency. If you think about it from this perspective, you can understand the connotation of this move. Although the subsequent changes are complicated, the effect of the most difficult move is not necessarily better than that of the single jump. It's just that the pursuit of the best efficiency in every move is not what we professional chess players strive for? ”

Yes, Li Xiaoqiang is in pursuit of efficiency!

When Li Xiaoqiang chose to use "star position inner hanging". Use the idea of "scattering" to counter the "high Chinese stream" of black chess. It is certainly easy to "break up" people's formations. But after all, they are fighting on "other people's turf". White itself is not able to form a "good shape". In any case, the chess shape of "two and splitting two" is definitely not a "good shape". At the very least, it's certain that this shape is not efficient.

To judge whether a certain chess shape is efficient or not, it generally looks at two aspects, first, whether it is a "living shape", and second, how efficient it is to enclose the air. "Establishing two and splitting two" belongs to the kind of chess shape that does not slip in the autumn. It certainly can't be said to be "dead", but it's certainly not alive, and as long as it's not alive, it may be attacked. As for the efficiency of the enclosure, there is no need to mention it. I can't even surround the air.

The original meaning of "scattering" is actually "breaking the void". Specific to this game of chess, it is equivalent to white chess using "two to split two" to break a lot of empty black chess. Of course, there is a price to be paid to break someone's emptiness. The price of this is: "I have not yet lived this piece of chess".

If you understand the offense and defense of Go in this way, it is actually very easy to understand. Playing Go is actually a process of constant bargaining. For black, if his own void is broken, it will definitely need to be compensated elsewhere. First of all, black must not let white live easily, if people live through, then their own empty will be broken. Mr. Hane did just that, and in order not to let the white pieces live, he chose to continue to "search for roots". White can't work on the spot, so he has to head to the center. Of course, it would be more accurate to say "escape".

For such an offensive and defensive battle, how to judge the good or bad? In fact, it is very simple, in such a situation, when White's "two and two" are completely alive, it can compensate for the real space. It can be considered good for black. Conversely, even if the white piece is successful.

The chess game has been carried out so far, if Li Xiaoqiang plays that "single jump", it can basically be considered that the chess piece is alive. Of course, black can also be compensated, white breaks the void on the "star position", and takes advantage of the opportunity to attack, black can form another pattern on the "small eye" side.

If so, it's acceptable to both parties. No one took advantage of anything. This is the "two points", and the previous layout process can be called a "routine".

Li Xiaoqiang did not choose such a "two points". He chose a very complicated path. Li Xiaoqiang believes that although the path he has chosen seems "amateurish", it looks "unreasonable". In fact, your choice is really in line with chess theory. At the very least, it is much more in line with chess theory than "no evil hand is in the field". Li Xiaoqiang chose to:

Attack!

The most intense, exciting, and efficient way to play Go.

That's right, if white plays that "single jump", it can indeed live a very comfortable and safe life. But no matter how comfortable it is, no matter how safe it is, it's just a one-sided defense. In this way, a series of attacks by black will appear to be very efficient. It is likely to become a very complete form, and eventually transform into the real space of black.

While living your own life, you must not forget the weaknesses of your opponents. Able to grasp the weaknesses of opponents and take the opportunity to strengthen themselves. Of course, this is more efficient than simply reinforcing yourself. The "crossing" of white is to find a flaw in the appearance of black. Hopefully we can find an opportunity to attack against attack.

This is what Li Xiaoqiang thinks. This is Li Xiaoqiang's chess theory.

The "violent Go" of later generations is actually such a truth!

"There is no evil hand in every shut-off" may make sense. But it's only "not a bad hand." Li Xiaoqiang knows very well in his heart that just "not playing evil hands" is not enough to win chess in many cases.

Step by step, the game continues. Because of Li Xiaoqiang's "step", the situation led to a very complicated situation. In order to find the flaws of the other party, he did not hesitate to ignore his own safety. This is the current Li Xiaoqiang.

It was an interesting game, in the 2 hours before the lunch break, both sides played a total of 40 moves, the first 30 moves, all played in 10 minutes. The next 10 moves are completed in the remaining 110 minutes. Approaching the noon break, the two sides refused to settle easily. It is clear to both sides that the first key point of the game is coming soon.

Li Xiaoqiang continues to prove his growth on the chessboard. (To be continued......)